Mortality In Local Jails, 2000-2014 – Statistical Tables

On December 14, 2016, The U.S. Department of Justice published these statistics on mortality in local jails for years 2000-2014. Data in this report were developed from the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ (BJS) Deaths in Custody Reporting Program (DCRP), an annual data collection of inmate deaths in local jails and state prisons. Key themes of these statistics include cause of inmate death, decedent characteristics, and cause of death demographics . . .